InThe Ugly MonsterbyOscarArtpunk Will Save Your Doomed SoulMörk Borg, HōL, and the savage subversion of tabletop roleplaying gamesJan 204Jan 204
InThe Ugly MonsterbyJacob ._.'Palestinian Relief Bundle: The New EntriesBreaking new ground in 2024Dec 24, 2024Dec 24, 2024
InThe Ugly MonsterbyJacob ._.'Palestinian Relief Bundle — Overview: The ‘Repeats’‘FIST’ is so nice you saw it THRICENov 14, 2024Nov 14, 2024
Rock, Paper, Siren!White Boy Samurai: Reflections on LARP’s Obsession with the OrientWhile sitting at the library writing this blogpost, I literally had someone come up to me and compliment my “Scottish-Japanese attire”. I’m…Jul 23, 202410Jul 23, 202410
InThe Ugly MonsterbyInesHow ‘Life Is Strange 2’ Uses Politics to Foster Empathy‘Life Is Strange 2’ is centred on empathy because the choices you have to make are often morally ambiguousNov 27, 202419Nov 27, 202419
InThe Ugly MonsterbyOscarElection Day: Political Mechanics for Tabletop Roleplaying GamesAlso, The Ugly Monster endorses Kamala HarrisOct 24, 2024Oct 24, 2024
InThe Ugly MonsterbyJacob ._.'An Overview of the Palestinian Relief Bundle — Another Documentation Project373 game titles were donated in the hopes of assisting Palestinians cut off from humanitarian aidOct 3, 2024Oct 3, 2024
InThe Dungeon TribunebybennyNew Stat Unveiled: ZIP Code at BirthResearchers have shown that zip code at birth has a large correlation with success, and now the game developers are looking to capture that…Jun 25, 2024Jun 25, 2024
InThe Ugly MonsterbyOscarEat the Reich: Nazis are BadThis TTRPG is mechanically elegant, visually glorious, and thematically aproposJun 24, 20244Jun 24, 20244
InThe Ugly MonsterbyLady Horatia‘Sid Meier’s: Civilization VI’ and Trying to Make a Better WorldIs it possible to make a better world? And what can ‘Civilization VI’ tell us about that?May 10, 202415May 10, 202415
InThe Ugly MonsterbyLady HoratiaFallout: Imagining a UtopiaWhat if a utopia was possible?May 5, 20246May 5, 20246
InThe Goober CollectivebyCherylWithoutOrgansSearching for Love in ElysiumA thematic examination of Disco ElysiumApr 30, 20243Apr 30, 20243
InHistory of WomenbyGiulia PicciauThe Board Game She Invented Got Stolen From HerBut it sort of proved her pointMar 7, 2024Mar 7, 2024
InThe Ugly MonsterbyOscarWanted: Articles On Politics in Entertainment MediaStar Trek and the X-Men were always politicalApr 16, 20243Apr 16, 20243
InThe Ugly MonsterbyLady HoratiaThe Politics of Michael Bay’s ‘6 Underground’What can we deduce about Michael Bay’s politics by watching this film he produced and directed?Mar 25, 20244Mar 25, 20244
Christopher HillThe Importance of Remembering that We are the BaddiesWarhammer 40k and depictions of Fascism in MediaDec 27, 20233Dec 27, 20233
Laurie O'ConnelCheating at the [Death] GameThoughts on Death Games and game design.Feb 8, 20241Feb 8, 20241
InThe Ugly MonsterbyJacob ._.'I Played Every Game in the Bundle For UkraineAnother PostmortemFeb 7, 2024Feb 7, 2024
Aasa TPolitics of #dwarfpostingI think it is still fair to say, that Gimli is the most widely known and recognized archetype of a fantasy dwarf character, as Legolas is…Oct 6, 202311Oct 6, 202311
InThe Ugly MonsterbyOscar‘Eat the Reich’ Could Kneecap D&D and Skew the TTRPG LandscapeThis game about Nazi-hunting vampires should be a movieSep 17, 20232Sep 17, 20232
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